P E R R Y     R A T H

b.1971, Sarnia, ON Canada

current:  1350 Viewmount Rd. N |  Smithers, BC  |  V0J 2N6  |  CANADA

 

E D U C A T I O N

  • 2004
    • B.Ed. (Arts Education) | Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
  • 1995
    • BFA | University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

 

S E L E C T E D   S O L O   E X H I B I T I O N S

  • 2025
    • Tributary, Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, BC
  • 2021
    • Passages, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2020
    • OutSide/iN, Misty Rivers Art Gallery, Hazelton, BC
    • Perry Rath, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2017
    • Many Lives, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  •  2014
    • Meet Vole (collaboration with Jane Tolmie), Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • Patient Quest, Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, BC                                                                      
  • 2013
    • Patient Quest, Misty Rivers Art Gallery, Hazelton, BC
  • 2012
    • Patient Quest, Groop Gallery, Prince George, BC
  • 2011
    • In All Directions, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2010
    • Eventual Synthesis, Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, BC
  • 2008
    • the weather from the west, Elephant’s Ear Gallery, Terrace, BC
  • 2007
    • the weather from the west, Driftwood Schoolhouse Gallery, Smithers, BC
    • Curious Evidence, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
  • 2005
    • SiteLines, Hetherington & Hooper, Smithers, BC
  • 2004
    • Ghosts, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • Trails, Old Ranger Station Gallery, Telkwa, BC
  • 2003
    • New Works, MokSana Yoga Centre, Victoria, BC
    • Review, Kokopelli Café, Smithers, BC
  • 2002
    • Given, Lila Art Centre, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Settle, EC4 Gallery, Victoria, BC
    • Settle, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2001
    • Personal Shrine Installation Series, various locations, India
    • Homing Ground, Davis House, Victoria, BC
  • 1999
    • Earth, Laurus Gallery, Hamilton, ON
  • 1997       
    • Messages, Priory Gallery, Guelph, ON
  • 1996
    • Balance, Ind.Era Gallery, Guelph, ON
  • 1995
    • Flightpaths (with Phil Irish), Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON

 

S E L E C T E D   G R O U P   E X H I B I T I O N S 

  • 2024
    • Skeena Salmon 7,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Landscape POV, Part Crowd Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2023
    • Skeena Salmon 6,  Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 6,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 6,  Kitimat Museum, Kitimat, BC
  • 2022
    • Extinction,  Gallerium Art Gallery, ON, Canada
    • Skeena Salmon 5,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 5,  Nisga’a Museum, Gitlaxt’aamiks, BC
  • 2021
    • Skeena Salmon 4,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 4, Misty Rivers Art Gallery, Hazelton, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 4,  Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  •  2020
    • Skeena Salmon 3,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 3,  Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2019
    • Rivers Art Tour, Museum Nicholas of Cusa, Bernkastel-Kues/ Moselle River, Germany
    • Rivers Art Tour, Günter-Leifheit-House (Municipal Museum), Nassau/ Lahn River, Germany
    • Rivers Art Tour, Cologne-Mülheim Cultural Center, Cologne/ Rhine River, Germany
    • Rivers Art Tour, Bonn-Bad Godesberg City Library, Bonn/ Rhine River, Germany
    • Place/Indigenize/Identity/Experiment, InSEA World Congress, Vancouver, BC (exhibition, lecture & workshop)
    • Skeena Salmon 2,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Skeena Salmon 2,  Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
    • Ewk Hiyah Hozdli,  Midsummer Music Festival, Smithers, BC
  •  2018
    • Rivers Art Tour, Kulturbahnhof Cultural Center,  Bad Breisig / Rhine River, Germany
    • 9×12,  Dual Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
    • Skeena Salmon,  Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
    • Fences,  Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • Synesthesia,  Midsummer Music Festival, Smithers, BC
    • Auction,  Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • Found Objects,  Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  •  2017
    • Disturbances in the Field, Omineca Gallery, Prince George, BC
  •  2016
    • What Those Who Teach Can Do (selections from “Meet Vole”), Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
    • Voice, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • Abstract 2016, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
    • International Biennial Print Exhibit, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan
    • Beauty and the Beast, Malom Gallery, Nyiracsad, Hungary
  •  2015
    • North: an exhibition for the Canada Winter Games, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • What Those Who Teach Can Do, Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
    • Sacred Headwaters, The Gallery at Millennium Place, Whistler, BC
    • Raw Canvas, Main Street Studio, Smithers, BC
  • 2014
    • What Those Who Teach Can Do, Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
    • The Art of Paper, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC                                                      
  • 2013
    • selections from Meet Vole (collab. w/ Jane Tolmie), Parallax Art Fair, New York City, NY, USA
    • Pipeline, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
    • What Those Who Teach Can Do, Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
    • Artists For An Oil-Free Coast (touring 2012-13)
    •   — Calgary Public Library, Calgary, AB
    •   — Solara Resort, Canmore, AB
    •   — Millennium Place, Whistler, BC
    •   — Performance Works Theatre, Vancouver, BC
    •   — Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC
    •   — ArtSpring Centre for the Arts, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC
    •   — Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
  • 2012
    • 2:Progress (touring 2012-13)
    •   — Station House Gallery, William’s Lake, BC
    •   — Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC
    • Wish You Were Here, W2 Community Media Arts Society, Vancouver, BC
    • art/move/ment, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
  • 2011
    • 9×12, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2010
    • 16 Days of Non-Organized Art, Ace Art, Winnipeg, MN
    • Lateral Learning, Vantage Art Projects/ Centre A, Vancouver, BC
    • 10x10x10, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
  • 2009
    • Spirit of the River, Misty Rivers Art Gallery, Hazelton, BC
    • Flux, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
  • 2008
    • Square Foot Show, Awol Gallery, Toronto, ON
    • Leading Forests of Change, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
  • 2006
    • Game Show Detroit, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Highway of Tears (travelling 2006)
    •   — Smithers, BC
    •   — Burns Lake, BC
    •   — Terrace, BC
    •   — Prince Rupert, BC
    •   — Moricetown, BC
    •   — Prince George, BC
    •   — Fort St.James, BC
    •   — Vancouver, BC
  • 2005
    • After Hiroshima – Nuclear Imaginaries, Brunei Gallery, London, England
    • Art Concept-2, Dostoyevsky Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
    • Baghdad Museum (travelling 2004-05)
    •   — The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
    •   — Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
    •   — The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
  • 2004
    • Forelock Tugging, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
    • Found, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
  • 2003
    • International Assemblage Exhibition, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin, Germany
    • Small WONDERS, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
    • Artropolis, CBC TV Building, Vancouver, BC
    • Lost and Found, Pandora Art Gallery, Victoria, BC
    • The Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International, New York City, NY, USA
  • 2002
    • artWORK, BC Festival of the Arts, Surrey, BC
    • Con/Quest, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
    • Cultural Intersections, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
    • Evidence of Things Unseen, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, ON
  • 2001
    • Wrapped 2, Chapman West Fine Arts, Victoria, BC
    • Encounter, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • 2000
    • To Remain At A Distance, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
    • Artistamps, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
  • 1999
    • Look ’99, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON
  • 1997
    • Level, Space 144, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • 1996
    • Bread and Barbed Wire, Port Community Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    • Arts Affaire, Adelaide Hills Centre, Stirling, SA, Australia      

 

B I B L I O G R A P H Y

  • 2014
    • Crossing Borders, Edited by Anna Czarnowus & Joanna Warmuzińska-Rogóż, University of Silesia, Poland
  • 2013
    • filing Station, issue 55, Calgary, AB
    • Strange Horizons, magazine & podcast, Utah, USA
  • 2010
    • Laments of the Lost, Edited by Jane Tolmie, Brepols Press, Brussels, Belgium
    • Lateral Learning, Vantage Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
  • 2007
    • the weather from the west, Creekstone Press, Smithers, BC
  • 2004
    • New Art International, Book Art Press, Woodstock, NY, USA

 

S E L E C T E D   R E P R O D U C T I O N S

  • 2012
    • Ruido En El Systema, Alex Cuba, music CD cover
  • 2011
    • Prayers for Sentimental Transients, Pirates, and Seekers, Maseev, music CD cover & inside
  • 2010
    • BC Parks Interpretive Sign, Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, Smithers, BC
  • 2007
    • Winter Rocket (Has The Opposite Effect), Maseev, music CD cover & inside
  • 2004
    • Where I Day Dream, Edi Young, music CD cover & inside
  • 2003
    • Moonlight on Turiya, Ken Wilbur & James Baye, Spoken Word CD cover & inside
  • 2002
    • Organically Certifiable, The Grocers, music CD cover & inside

 

R E S I D E N C I E S

  • 2012
    • BV BioBlitz 2, Hunaker Springs, Smithers, BC
  • 2011
    • BV BioBlitz 1, Twin Falls, Smithers, BC
    • Expanding Circles, Della Herman Theatre, Smithers, BC
  • 2009
    • Art Hamlet (collab. w/Tamara Skubovious), Old Church, Smithers, BC
  • 2003
    • Object Jam, Midsummer Festival, Smithers, BC
  • 2001
    • Aurodhan Art Gallery, Pondicherry, India
    • Private Residence, Munnar, India
  • 1996
    • Gunningbar Sculpture Park, Goulburn, NSW, AUS
  • 1995
    • Stuff, Ind.Era Gallery, Guelph, ON

 

P R E S S / M E D I A

  • 2015
    • Local Artist’s Work on Display at Canada Winter Games, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2014
    • Gallery Offers Meeting With Vole, The Prince George Citizen, Prince George, BC
    • Smithers Artist Opens Exhibition, Prince George Free Press, Prince George, BC
  • 2013
    • Lost in Definition, Northword Magazine, Northwest BC
    • Rath’s Quest, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2012
    • Patient Quest Interview, GoPG TV, Prince George, BC
    • Trees: A Reminder of Time & Place, Prince George Citizen, Prince George, BC
  • 2011
    • North By Northwest Interview, CBC Radio, Vancouver, BC
    • Daybreak North Interview, CBC Radio, Prince George, BC
    • Elders Honoured, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2010
    • Daybreak North Interview, CBC Radio, Prince George, BC
  • 2009
    • The Rath of Plaster Casts, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2008
    • Going Outside the Gallery Box, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2007
    • Strong Weather, BC Book World, Vancouver, BC
    • North By Northwest Interview, CBC Radio, Vancouver, BC
    • Daybreak North Interview, CBC Radio, Prince George, BC
    • Northern Culture Interview, CFNR Radio, Terrace, BC
    • the weather from the west, Northword Magazine, Northwest BC
    • Local Book Collaboration Launched, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2006
    • Daybreak North Interview, CBC Radio, Prince George, BC
    • Life Outside the Jar, Interior News, Smithers, BC
    • Games to See and Play, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
    • Play Right, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit, MI
    • Highway of Tears Exhibition Hits Home, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2004
    • North By Northwest Interview, CBC Radio, Vancouver, BC
    • Daybreak North Interview, CBC Radio, Prince George, BC
    • Ghosts Exhibit on View, Prince George Free Press, Prince George, BC
    • Galleria Blues Raises Money, PG This Week, Prince George, BC
    • Even Artists Get The Blues, Prince George Free Press, Prince George, BC
    • Coming Soon, Enterprise Magazine, Vancouver, BC
    • Local Artist Shows Baghdad-Inspired Painting in T.O., Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2003
    • Midsummer Festival, Interior News, Smithers, BC
    • Fine Art Free-For-All, The Georgia Strait, Vancouver, BC
    • Perspectives On Change, Artropolis Publications, Vancouver, BC
    • Other Arts, Connections Magazine, Smithers, BC
    • Experimental Show at SAG, Interior News, Smithers, BC
    • Humming Along, Interior News, Smithers, BC
    • Letting the Dust Settle, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2002
    • Cultural Intersections, Art Avenue, Vancouver, BC
    • Curtain Dropped On Festival, Interior News, Smithers, BC
  • 2000
    • To Remain At a Distance, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
    • How Much Am I Bid? The Islander (Victoria Times-Colonist), Victoria, BC

 

C O L L E C T I O N S

Private and Public collections in:

  • Canada
  • USA
  • Australia
  • Germany
  •  South Korea
  • Bolivia
  • Thailand
  • India
  • Nepal